A dispute over two unwelcome houseguests in a Fenton, Missouri home ended with deadly results. Twenty-five-year-old Austin Vines lived on Greenhurst Court with his fiancée and several roommates; they decided to ask two newcomers, described as meth addicts, to leave. The initial confrontation became a fistfight, and the two left but threatened to return with guns.

They returned with relatives, and a man identified as Tony D. Hager, then 22, was seen armed. During a physical altercation on the front lawn, Vines’ dog Nova, a boxer mix, tried to intervene and was shot. Vines was shot twice, taken to a local hospital, and died of his injuries on January 17, 2022; the dog also died. The St. Louis County Police identified Hager as the shooter; he was arrested in Ozark County on January 19, 2022, and charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Does anyone who lived on Greenhurst Court or nearby recall hearing or seeing anything that night, or have information about the confrontation leading up to the shooting?